Chatbots

Powerful models become much more interesting when we look at what is happening underneath. Kyle chats with Vince from iv.ai and Heather Shapiro who works on the Microsoft Bot Framework. We solicit their advice on building a good chatbot both creatively and technically.

Guests

Vince Lynch: Vince Lynch is CEO of IV Inc owner of IV.AI the artificial intelligence agency. He is the host of the AI Review podcast on iTunes and writes articles on machine learning for The Observer, Entrepreneur, and HuffPo. Lynch previously worked with Spotify, The Times of India, Dumbstruck, and Virgin.

Heather Shapiro: Heather Shapiro is a Technical Evangelist in Microsoft's Developer Experience group, where she educates developers on Microsoft's new technologies. In this role, Heather works closely with students and developer communities across the North East to understand the newest technologies and architectures. Prior to becoming a Technical Evangelist, Heather completed her undergraduate degree at Duke University and graduated in the Class of 2015. She received Bachelors of Science in Computer Science and Statistical Science, and completed an Honors Thesis about employing Bayesian Approaches to Understanding Music Popularity. Heather blogs at http://microheather.com and tweets at http://twitter.com/microheather.